Flushing outfit for water-closets.



PATENTBD SEPT. 25, 1906.

L. LIPP. FLUSHING OUTFIT FOR WATER GLOSETS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 5. 1904.

ad gy@ ill-Illia Winessei UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lSpecification of Letters Patent.'

Patented Sept. 25. 1906.

Application led December 5, 1904. Serial No. 285.466.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS LIPP, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Flushing Outfits for lVater-Closets and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, attention bein .called to the accompanyingdrawings, Wit the reference characters marked thereon, which form also a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the means used in connection with waterclosets for the purpose of flushing the bowl thereof.

The features of the invention reside in certaln improvements of the operating mechanism which greatly simplify its construction.

and lessen also the number of the parts required.

Another feature relates to the location of the means for manipulating the o erating parts and which location renders t eir use much more convenient and aids also in rendering possible the first-mentioned vsimplifica.- tion in construction of the operatin parts.

In the following specification, an particularly pointed out in the claims following, is found a full description of the invention, together with its operation, manner of use, parts, and construction, which latter is also illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

' which- Figure 1 shows in side view a water-closet, its flushing-tank, and the required connection for each. Fig. 2 is a' front view of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the ushing-ta'nk with parts broken away and shown in section. Fig. 4 is a top view of the closetY and its flush-tank as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail view showing the manipulating parts.`

My invention is shown in connection with a so-called low-down flushing-tank, the same being indicated at 10.

11 is the closet-bowl in communication with the iiushing-tank by means of aflushpipe 12. l lldl is the closet-seat, and 14 a customary 15 is the su ply-pipe to the tank, the same being control ed by a float-operated cock in the usual manner and whereby after the float has dro pcd with thereceding levelof the water w en the same discharges throughthe 4 iiush-pipewater is admitted to the tank,

Which supply in due time is out off again, when the rising water lifts the float'.

An overflow-pipe 16 in o en communication with flush-pipe 12 guar s against any accidents d ue topossible irregularities -in the operation of the parts. Passage'through the flush-pipe is controlled by a valve 17, attached to the lower end of a lifter-rod 18, rising vertically from the center of the valve and above the upper end of the iushipe; This latter is also centrally alined wit reference to the closet-bowl and itsseat. Dischargeto fiush the bowl takes place when said valve is raised from its seat on the upper end of the flushpi e by means of the ifter-rod. To raise this lifter-rod, there is Aa lever structure 19,

which -I arrange and locate so as to be substantially in line with -the centers and center lines before mentioned and so as to permit attachment of one of its ends to the upper end of lifter-rod 18, so that when said end of this lever rises the lifter-rod is also raised and lifts valve 17 from its seat on the upper end of the flush-pipe. The other end of this lever is pivotally attached at the inside of the tank. This point ofconnection is as shown at 21 and to the inside of the front of the tank. It is furthermore so located as to be also substantially in line with the center and center lines before mentioned. This lever 19 is actuated in a manner that its free end lifts valve-rod 18 by means of a push-button 22, seated i'n the front of the tank, the lever structure being shaped accordingly and, as shown, to permit the-inner end of the pushbutton to act against it as intended.

By preference and to cause the parts to o erate smoothly antifriction means in shape o a roller 23 are provided and against which the inner end of the button acts. Dotted lines in Fig. 5 show clearly the intended operation of the parts, andl it will be noted that the manipulation of the valve takes place in the most direct and immediate manner and its movement to and from its seat is in a practically straight line above such seat. This location of the operating parts causes the loca- A IIO screws passing through said flange. 25

merely a more inclined position of the upper part ofthe body or a leaning a ainst the front of the tank, whereupon the utton readily yields and slides inwardly, 4as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 5,. Observe also dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, which are intended to indicate parts of a human figure. This manner of use does of course not preclude manipulation by means of' the hid or thumb, and either method may be resorted to to suit preference or convenience. The particular location of these manipulating and operating means with reference to the position of the flush-valve permits the most direct action on this latter, and such action may be had with the most simple construction, which dispenses with many operating parts otherwise necessary to accomplish the same results.

The thickness ofthe Wall of the tank being usually limited, it is preferable to provide an independentsocket in form ofI a flanged boss 24, which is attached in a suitable manner to the front of the tankhas, for instance, by

An ornamental shell 25 is screwed onto this boss to cover the same and the means of its connection. The inner surface of this boss or its flange serves also as a means to which the pivoted end of lever 19 is attached, the front of the tank being sufficiently cut out under the flange of boss 24.

Having described my invention, I claim as new- 1. In a flushing outfit for closets, the'combination with a bo-wl and seat,0f a tank, a

Hush-pipe connecting bowl and tank and terminating with its open, upper end within the wall of the tank above the upper end of thelifter-rod rand curved downwardly to meet this upper end to which it is permanently attached by a hinged connection and a push-bolt mounted with a sliding fit in the front wall of the tank and below the curved lever to permit it to be moved against this latter in a manner to raise the free end ofthe same with the attached lifter-rod and valve.

2. In a flushing outfit for closets, the combination of a bowl and a seat, a tank having an opening in its frontl side, a flanged socket 24 with a central opening attached to this front side so as to lie over the opening therein, a downwardly-curved lever permanently attached at a fixed point to the inner sideof the flange of this socket and above the opening therein, apush-button seated in this opening and capable of being moved against .this lever, a valve-lifter" rod hingedly connected to the free end of this lever, a valve at the lower end of the same and a Hush-pipe connecting the tank with the bowl which is controlled by this valve.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

'LOUIS LIPP. Witnesses:

C. SPENGEL, ARTHUR KLINE. 

